The extent of drilling in lateral approaches to the cranio-cervical junction area from a series of 125 cases

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-118

  Lot, G ^a   George, B ^a   Al Mefty, O ^b   Samii, M ^b   Tatagiba, M ^b  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b Hôpital Lariboisière ^*

Author keywords

Cranio cervical junction; Foramen magnum; Lateral approaches; Occipital condyle

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE GRAFT; BONE RESECTION; BONE TUMOR; CERVICAL SPINE; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRILL; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUBERCULOSIS;

ATLAS; AXIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033058961     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050274     Document Type: Article

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